موارد الكلمات الدلالية: Pulses

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  1. Pulse Crops for Sustainable Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa

    01-01-2018 47 pp. : charts [ Gift of Dr Abram Bicksler Jan 24, 2023 ] Pulses have a long history in sub-Saharan Africa due to their multiple benefits. Pulses, and legumes in general, can play an important role in agriculture thanks to their ability to biologically fix atmospheric nitrogen and to enhance the...
    Pulses Africa

  2. Agrodok 018, Protection of Stored Cereal Grains and Pulses

    01-01-1985 This manual deals with problems concerning losses of stored products by storage pests: moulds (fungi), insects and rodents. It is targeted at those who are involved with providing information on storage to farmers and co-operatives. The Agrodok describes the main storage pests and gives...
    Stored Grains Grain Storage Cereal Pulses Agrodok

  3. Guidelines: How to Measure Harvest and Post-Harvest Losses

    These guidelines aim to measure harvest and post-harvest losses for food grains (cereals and pulses). They presentFAO’srecommended methods to estimate food grain losses to allow countries to monitor SDG 12.3.1 (food losses along the supply chain).They present cost-effective methods that could be...
    Post Harvest Food Loss Postharvest Systems Postharvest Manage... Harvest Management FAO English language Cereals Pulses French language

  4. Underutilized Crops for Small Farm Abundance

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    09-02-2018 Traditional diets included a wide variety of ingredients from myriad wild and domesticated plants. Regional cuisines were shaped by native species in their local environment and by gradually-adopted plants from distant places. The modern global food system and market pressures have reversed this...
    Underutilized Crops Squash and Gourds ... Leafy Vegetables Perennial Vegetables Grain Legumes (Pul... Pulses Grain Crops Grains

  5. Lablab (Lablab purpureus) New Staple Crop for the Sudano Sahel

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    20-01-2013 About 98% of agricultural production in the Sudano Sahelian region of West and Central Africa is based on rainfed crops. With a mean annual rainfall of 300 to 800 mm/year, the number of staple crops is very limited. It includes two grain crops: pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) for sandy soils...
    Lablab Pulses Intercropping Food Security FMNR Forage Crop Nitrogen Fixation Rain-fed Agriculture

  6. Mapping Study of Food-Grain Value Chains in Eastern Africa

    20-01-2017 Agriculture is one of the East African Community’s most important economic sectors. The major staple foods in the region are maize, rice, potatoes, bananas, cassava, wheat, sorghum, millet and pulses. However, agricultural production in the region is prone to the vagaries of climate change,...
    Value Chains Grains Maize Rice Sorghum Millet Pulses East Africa